How many parks and green spaces are in Fareham? 33 public parks
Fareham has 33 public parks among 195 green space sites. Green space covers 4.3% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 29 m²
- Less green space than
- 53% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.1
Public green space from OS Open Greenspace; golf courses are listed but not counted. Per resident uses Census 2021 population. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. How we calculate this
All house prices in FarehamWhat are the largest parks in Fareham?
Holly Hill Woodland Park is the largest public park in Fareham, at 36.7 hectares. 6 of the 33 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Holly Hill Woodland Park | 36.7 hectares |
| Castle Shore Park | 5.9 hectares |
| Salterns Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Blackbrook Recreation Ground | 2.6 hectares |
| Barry's Meadow | 1.1 hectares |
| Yew Tree Woodland Park | 1.1 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Fareham?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Fareham: 144 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 144 hectares · 33 sites |
| Playing fields | 105 hectares · 33 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 37.9 hectares · 18 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 21.4 hectares · 15 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 10.5 hectares · 14 sites |
| Cemeteries | 9.6 hectares · 5 sites |
| Play spaces | 7.2 hectares · 61 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.9 hectares · 6 sites |
| Tennis courts | 8,391 m² · 8 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 123 hectares · 2 sites |
Does Fareham have a lot of green space?
About average. Fareham has 29 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 53 m² across Hampshire. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| FarehamThis area | 29 m² per resident |
| Hampshire | 53 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 29 m² for every resident adds up to 4.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Typical means the middle fifth of areas in England and Wales. The bands split every area we cover into fifths by green space per resident, from Very Low to Very High.
What else do people ask about Fareham?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Fareham.
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 7 October 2026 at 02:25 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Fareham dataset covers 5,280 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.